Announcements

Thank you for your flexibility. There are several changes to this week’s schedule so please read this carefully.

The Thursday night rehearsal is cancelled. There will be rehearsal from 1-4:30 pm on Friday. We will end Friday’s rehearsal with Trunk or Treat. Feel free to dress up in costume for the Friday rehearsal. Plan to attend a send-off breakfast Saturday morning at the school.

Pit Crew has requested that we load the smaller instruments and guard equipment in the top of the trailer after Friday’s rehearsal. Pit and larger equipment will be loaded in the lower portion of the semi on Saturday morning before we leave.

Come prepared with show shirt, socks, wind suit and makeup for guard. Students should plan for sack lunches or concessions for the day. Seniors remember that there will be a retreat on the field prior to awards. ISSMA officials ask that you retreat in uniform (shakos are optional). Plan to be in uniform by 6:00 PM and gathered together awaiting instructions at the stadium for this presentation.

Saturday October 17th

8:00-9:00PM EST Breakfast of Champions

9:00 PM EST Finish Loading

9:30 AM EST Depart for Ben Davis (Pack a sack lunch for the ride to the competition)

12:00 PM EST Arrive/Unload

1:20 PM EST Circle

1:43 PM EST Warm Up

2:57 PM EST Perform

6:12 PM EST Awards

7:00 PM EST Depart (Make sure you get something from concessions or pack a meal for the ride)

Success on One …. One more to Go !!!!!By all measurable standards, our 2015 Invitational was a success ….* Quality Bands for Competition* Strong turnout of spectators* Strong turnout of BOP parents and family to get the job done, and done well.* Big recruiting day for BOP - hosting 25+ middle school kids in a band mini-camp* Strong fund raiser for our booster group

With the success, we are not done just yet. We have one more 2015 Event !!

Saturday November 21st, we host the annual Northrop Craft Bazaar. One of the oldest and largest in NE Indiana.

What is it ??? ….. Friday evening the 20th is all physical, as we take over the interior of the school and set up 260 tables. Saturday, area vendors rent those tables to display their homemade crafts. To date, over 240 of the 260 tables are already reserved. It is a day morning from start to end.

Saturday 7:00am – 3:00pm, it is all about customer service, to our vendors and to the 1,300+ shoppers who come through the doors. By comparison, we just had 1,400 visitors to the invitational. Saturday at 4:00pm it is physical again, as we tear down and clean up. With enough help, we are done and out by 6pm.

We can do it one more time ….. Please click the link to sign up for a shift or two on November 21st.

There will no rehearsal on Thursday due to Parent/Teacher conference. We will have practice from 1-4:30 on Friday.That will change Trunk or Treat to Friday. Want to do something fun for the BOP-ers on Friday the 30th? Join us for Trunk or Treat 4:30-5 If YOU would like to participate, please plan to park in the bus lanes around 4:15 p.m. Then, pop your trunk and get ready to hand out candy as the BOP-ers come by. You can get into the spirit and decorate your trunk if you wish, too!Mr. VP is allowing the kids to dress in costume. Thanks! Hope to see you there!

Just in case we have weather that we have to deal with. I created a Remind group for both Directors and Volunteers. That way we can get information out quickly.Click here for directions for sign up. Thanks so much for volunteering!!​

There is an ALL-VOLUNTEER meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. starting in the commons area. If you're volunteering, please come out and find out more about volunteer expectations, job duties and other important information.

Yummy, yummy cookie dough will be delivered on Thursday 10/22 5 to 9.Please be reminded that the BOP can NOT store cookie dough not picked up by 9 p.m.. Please make arrangements for someone to pick your order up if you are unavailable.

All senior parents please prepare some pictures of your band students for us to make the video for the banquet. Put the pictures in an envelope and mark it senior pictures and drop them off in the orange mailbox in the band room. We will prepare the pictures on the video and I will then return the pictures once complete. Limit of 8 senior pictures allowed.If anyone has pictures of the BOP or Senior pictures and they are in digital format please send them to Jim Desormeaux at jimd@griffithrubber.com so they can be forwarded to make the slide show. Thanks!!Any questions please call Jim D at 260-414-4932.Please send them in ASAP

SAVE THE DATE: BOP BanquetNOVEMBER 15TH

Join us for a night of fun!We hope to see everyone at the BOP end-of-season banquet on SUNDAY. The event will be held at the Allen Co. Sheriff's Reserve, 3022 Easterday Road.

Cookie Dough Order Pick Up Date Changed Yummy, yummy cookie dough will be delivered on Thursday 10/22 5 to 9.Please be reminded that the BOP can NOT store cookie dough not picked up by 9 p.m.. Please make arrangements for someone to pick your order up if you are unavailable.

There is an ALL-VOLUNTEER meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. starting in the commons area. If you're volunteering, please come out and find out more about volunteer expectations, job duties and other important information.

Its not to late to volunteer!! Lots of volunteers still needed. Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help already!The BOP Invitational is right around the corner -- just FOUR days away! If you have some free time this Saturday, the staff, students and parents are in need of more volunteers to help the event run as smoothly as possible. There is a critical need for the following positions to be filled (below). If YOU can help with any of the shifts, please click here to sign up.

Help the BOP Feed the Directors!BOP will stock THREE hospitality suites -- and we need YOUR help!On the day of the BOP Invitational, one of the BOP's jobs is to stock and run three hospitality suites -- one for the judges, one for the bus drivers and one for ALL of the directors and staff from each school. We could be feeding more than 150 people throughout the day! This is where YOU come in! If you can HELP us by donating one (or more) of the items listed below -- please do! We THANK you for your generosity!For cold items -- please bring them to the music office on Thursday, Oct. 22 (Volunteer Meeting), Friday, Oct. 23 (Set-up), or before 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. All non-perishable items should be dropped off in the music office no later than Thursday, Oct. 22.

Thanks so far for the many families that have donated items!!Much more is needed!!

Trophy Sponsorships: Parents, friends, alumni and family can support the BOP with trophy sponsorships. These are a fun way to honor your BOP-er. If your family is interested in sponsoring a trophy, click here and sign up!Due date is now 10/19.So far we have many families and/Businesses that has sponsored a trophy leaving us 10 left that still needs sponsors! We are only 5 days away from the invitational, so please if you can't volunteer help out by sponsoring one of our trophy's. Thanks to the recent added sponsor:The Clarke Family for sponsoringClass C visual Trophy